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Contributory copyright infringement statute of limitations differs from standard infringement, US court says

By Nick Robertson ( November 8, 2024, 18:33 GMT | Insight) -- The US Southern District of New York found that the statute of limitations for contributory copyright infringement doesn't begin until the actual third-party infringement occurs, no matter the age of the alleged direct infringement, in a case between a New York City professor and a former student over the contents of a graduate thesis. A US judge in New York ruled that the statute of limitations for contributory copyright infringement differs from that of standard copyright infringement, allowing some claims from a seven-year-old allegation to survive a motion to dismiss....

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